The Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Richmond invite paper submissions for the 2015 Policy Summit on Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality, which will be held June 18-19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The conference brings together researchers and practitioners interested in economic policy and development in low- and moderate-income communities.

The George Washington University Law School and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have been jointly selected to host the 2015 Works in Progress Intellectual Property Colloquium in Alexandria, Virginia, on February 6–7, 2015. Since its inception in 2003, the annual WIPIP Colloquium has grown to become one of the leading annual intellectual property conferences, particularly for research that is still in development and so may benefit most from scholarly discussion. GW Law and the USPTO look forward to continuing the WIPIP tradition of fostering robust and productive discussion

Not All Controversies End in Court: Checking the Balance in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Symposium Date: March 27, 2015

Deadline for Proposal Submission: November 1, 2014

The University of the District of Columbia Law Review at the David A. Clarke School of Law is pleased to announce a call for papers/presenters for its 2015 symposium edition, Not All Controversies End in Court: Checking the Balance in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

The purpose of the agorae is to share cutting-edge research in specific areas of international law, to stimulate debate, and to foster discussion between participants. ESIL Interest Groups are particularly welcome to propose agorae. Innovative ideas for conducting a panel (e.g. round table) are also encouraged.

Proposals for papers or agorae can be submitted either in English or French.

The University of Missouri Law Review is issuing a call for proposals for an upcoming Works-in-Progress conference, which will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2015, in conjunction with the Missouri Law Review’s Symposium, which will take place the following day Friday, February 27, 2015.

For our fourth IP Scholars’ Roundtable, we invite you to share a work in progress at any stage that relates to the broad theme of “Intellectual Property on the Ground”—that is, how intellectual property works in real-world contexts. We welcome presentations from any branch of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrecy. Presentations working across or beyond those categories are also most welcome.

We invite your participation in the Fifth Annual Internet Law Work-in-Progress conference at Santa Clara University School of Law on March 7, 2015. The conference series is co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law and the Institute for Information Law and Policy at the New York Law School.